Joseph-Marius Cabasson

He initially attended a boarding school, then received his secondary education at the Collège Belzunce.

After completing his studies, he was admitted to the École des Beaux-arts de Marseille [fr].

During his time there, the school's Director, Émile Loubon, took a special liking to him and helped promote his burgeoning career.

According to one of his fellow students, the sculptor André-Joseph Allar, this was due to his strong aversion for food cooked in butter rather than olive oil.

He also did a great amount of volunteer work for the local Catholic churches and parishes; decorations, restorations, making posters, drawing architectural plans and the like.